From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Mon Aug 8 08:03:43 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j78D3hne024181 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:03:43 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j78D3eIP024162 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:03:40 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 9A2741DD3C1; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:03:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21086-05; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:03:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 0E0B01DD394; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:03:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:01:43 +0000 From: Mladen Gogala Subject: Re: OCFS2 To: VerreyB@telkom.co.za Cc: oracle-l In-Reply-To: <445F36B0271AE1419CEE0B9589044B433747DD@TYGRRA01-XCS00.telkom.co.za> (from VerreyB@telkom.co.za on Mon Aug 8 01:19:25 2005) Message-Id: <1123506103l.7138l.0l@medo.noip.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 23535 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: gogala@sbcglobal.net Precedence: normal Reply-To: gogala@sbcglobal.net X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 On 08/08/2005 01:19:25 AM, Billy Verreynne (JW) wrote: > > Mladen Gogala wrote: > > >> I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for"...and with OCFS > that > >> is so true. > > > >That, unfortunately, applies to Linux as well. Stability-wise, it's > >nowhere near HP-UX, AIX or Solaris. > > Bull. And we're using HP-UX, Solaris and Linux. And yes, we *paid* for > Linux and we have support for it. Linux is as stable as HP-UX and > Solaris. Take a look at the list of patches for 9.2.0.6 on Linux. Cluster manager was actually downgraded by 9.2.0.6 installation. Patches are always late for Linux and bugs are more severe. I run Linux in the office (RH ES 3.0, fully licensed) and at home (FC3) with wide variety of versions, ranging from 9.2.0.5 to 10.2. I am by no means a beginner with Linux and I have experienced a fair share of problems (CUPS sometimes must be restarted, some ethernet drivers were faulty, NVIDIA doesn't work with dual monitors). In addition to that, Linux doesn't have the standard set of memory tuning variables (freelim, freegoal,growlim) which means that tuning it is extremely hard. As I said, you get what you pay for. -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mgogala.com -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l